MIDGETT WHEC 726

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Hero Class 378-ft High Endurance Cutter Keel Laid 5 April 1971 - Launched 4 September 1971 USCGC MIDGETT WHEC-726 Commissioned (Special) 17 March 1972- Commissioned (Full) 26 October 1972 Decommissioned 7 January 1991 Recommissioned following FRAM Overhaul (Special) 25 April 1992 Recommissioned (Full) February 1993 - Decommissioned (Scheduled) 20 March 2020

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Midgett WHEC-726 Covers Page 1     (1971-1999)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Westwego LA

1971-04-05

N/A

Keel Laying

 

USPO Machine Cancel New Orleans LA

1972-03-30

N/A

Note:

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel USPS VA

1972-06-25

N/A

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

USPS Machine Cancel USPS CA

1972-10-26

N/A

First Day of Commission

 

USPS Machine Cancel San Diego CA

1978-01-25

N/A

Official Ships Cachet

 

Locy Type 2-2mtn+ (USS FPO AP 96635-2780) USS Constellation CV-64

1999-07-01

N/A

Port Visit - Pusan, Korea, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Chief Warrant Officer John Allen MIDGETT, Jr. was born in 1876 in Rodanthe, North Carolina and served for nearly forty years with the U.S. Lifesaving Service and the Coast Guard. He was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for his heroic rescue of 36 crewmen from the torpedoed British tanker MIRLO in 1918. Bos'n Midgett and his lifeboat crew rescued the entire crew, despite rough seas and flames from the tankers cargo of refined oil and gasoline. J.A. Midgett, Jr. was also one of seven of Midgett family members to have been awarded the nations highest award for saving a life - the Gold Lifesaving Medal. {USCG Historian Office}

 

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